Do you have an event
at your place or do you have special offers?Community Happenings is an opportunity for all
clubs, businesses, hotels, restaurants and entertainment outlets to
inform the Pattaya Mail’s readers what new “happenings” are coming
up. Send us your happening by e-mail to: [email protected]
or by Fax
038 427 596.

Announcements

The Consular Section of the American
Embassy in Bangkok will be visiting Pattayaon
Friday, May 25.Staff will be available to provide consular services
from 8:00am to 12:00pm at the Dusit Resort on Beach Road. For full
details of the visit, including what services will, and will not be provided,
please consult the American Citizen Services page of the Embassy’s web site
at http://bangkok.usembassy.gov/index.htm. If you have any questions, please
e-mail: [email protected] or call the American Citizen Services Unit at:
02-205-4049.

Clubs

The next meeting of Pattaya City Expats
Club (PCEC) will be on Sunday, May 20. The Club meets every Sunday morning
at Henry J. Bean’s Restaurant on the north end of Beach Road in the grounds
of the Amari Orchid Resort. The program starts as usual at 10:30am with a
buffet breakfast available from 9:30 to 11am. Everyone is warmly welcome. Each
week, a guest speaker will provide an informal but interesting talk on a wide
range of topics: This will be followed by the lively Open Forum and update on
happenings in and around Pattaya. A full report appears each week in Pattaya
Mail. For more information about the Sunday meeting and the other weekday
activities of the PCEC, see the Club’s website at www.
pattayacityexpatsclub.com and learn more about the many and varied activities
to which everyone is welcome.

The Pattaya International Ladies Club June Luncheon will
be held on Tuesday, June 5 from 10.30am at Ocean Marina, Sukhumvit Road:
Members and guests, ladies of all nationalities welcome. Please make your
reservation by 2.00pm, Saturday, June 2 with Stephanie on 089 544 4842,
stephaniemoor [email protected], or Sam on 087 988 8522, [email protected]
wetthailand.com

The Dutch Expat Club meets every last Thursday of
the month at Chateau Dale on Thappraya Road at 6pm. For full details please
check out the website at www.neder landseverenigingpattaya.org or Email
[email protected] yahoo.com. New members are always welcome.

Pattaya Ex Servicemen’s Club (soon to be The Royal
British Legion Pattaya Branch): Anyone interested or who wishes to join the
club please call in to Tropical Bert’s, 2nd road Opp Bangkok Bank next to
Soi 6/1 or phone Bert on 089 8072335.

The Charity Club of Pattaya meets most Sundays at
the Queen Victoria Inn Soi 6. Contact Malcolm on 09 7441040 or Christina on
095 454 185; [email protected]

Poseidon Restaurant in Jomtien Complex now serves
the best Breakfast Deal in Town! Every Day from 8am till 11pm: Along with our
Brunch Set Menu at 250 Baht, we also serve American Breakfasts at 180 Baht
featuring choice of juice, seasonal fruits plate, croissant &
toast, butter, jam and honey, cereals and yogurt, choice of 2 eggs, bacon, ham
or sausage, Pot of freshly brewed coffee, Pot of fresh milk. There are much
more Breakfast Items which can be served individually, as well Thai Dishes.
Poseidon Restaurant, Jomtien Complex, 038 303 300, www.restaurant-pattaya.com

Mantra Restaurant & Bar presents ‘Oysters in
May’. Versatility is the buzzword for these fruits off the sea as Mantra’s
Super-chef Supachai runs circles around you with his awe-inspiring creations
and food designs. There’s a whole oasis of oysters to be devoured so head to
Mantra this May and stock up on some mineral goodness and get in the mood.
Mantra Restaurant & Bar is located on Beach Road, North Pattaya, next to
the Amari Resort & Tower. For further details call 038 429 591 or send an
email to [email protected].

Amor Restaurant celebrating 13 years of service to
the Pattaya community is tempting customers with a wide selection of mango
dishes, both sweet and savory for the mango season. For main courses Amor is
offering; West Indies pork fillet, chicken breasts, prawns or salmon in a
scrumptious light curry sauce made with rum, fresh mango, banana, raisins,
cashew nuts, coconut cream and yoghurt served with vegetables and potatoes or
rice. Also mango pork fillet or chicken breasts, made with Thai whiskey, fresh
mango and coconut cream. For dessert there is fresh mango cheesecake and mango
shortcake, mango with yoghurt and Chiang Mai honey, crazy mango sundae and
lots more. Amor also offers sugar free desserts, currently available, sugar
free fruit pie, as well as, sugar free vanilla ice cream and forest berries
sorbet. Amor Restaurant, 244/15 Pattayaland 3, South Pattaya: Tel. 038-710-680
or 081-945-5396.

Fine dining at the Dusit Resort, Pattaya: In
the Peak Restaurant our Chinese chef prepares a delightful selection of
Imperial Chinese BBQ Dishes. Finish off your meal with our sinful dessert
Mashed taro with sticky rice and strawberry. The Peak is open every day for a
la carte dining, 11:30 am – 2:30 pm for lunch and 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm for
dinner. In The Bay Restaurant our Wednesday Italian Night will be even
better with a new selection of dishes introduced in the buffet line. Every
Wednesday night, The Bay gives a taste of Italy with a buffet selection of
assorted antipasti, salads, hot specialities and traditional items such as
pizza, pasta and famous desserts – altogether so memorably Italian:
Wednesday night, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm, Baht 676++ per person and half price
for children 5-12. Saturday Night BBQ Buffet: This famous weekend
family buffet is an all-out, lavish affair of assorted meat and seafood dishes
to go on the grill, international food selection, carving stations, along with
other dishes to satisfy the heartiest of appetites: 7pm - 10pm, 1,070++ baht
per person and half price for children 5-12 years. For reservations please
call 0 3842 5611-7 ext. 2270.

The Paradise Restaurant on 2nd road opposite the
Marriott Resort and Royal Garden Shopping Plaza offers a special Swiss Food
Promotion featuring dishes such as pork Fillet with Swiss cheese, Meatloaf,
chicken on cream sauce with Asparagus, Paprika Goulash, Fish fillet in Beer
batter, and Crepes with Vanilla Ice and hot Raspberry sauce. Open daily from
2pm to 10pm.This Swiss promotion is also available at the second location,
namely the Paradise Garden Restaurant at the Swiss Paradise Resort on Naklua
road Soi 16/2. Open daily from 1pm to 10pm. For information please call 089
930 5888.

Come on over to the Ace Café at Hanuman Corner
in Jomtien. They have a couple of well placed TV screens, surround
sound, the best fresh ground coffee in the area and a terrific breeze blowing
through! Dont forget folks we have world class MotoGP and Formula 1 racing
almost every Sunday for the next SIX months! Come along, bring the family,
meet some new friends and enjoy a social Sunday with all the thrills and
spills of the track. For more information call 089 990 9342.

Jameson’s Irish Pub has introduced
a new Wednesday three-course ‘Quick Service’ special for 185 baht: Home
made soup, mixed salad, or mussels ‘vinai’ (cooked in their shells with
butter, garlic & herbs). Steak and mushroom pie (cooked in a beer sauce)
with crisp french-fries followed by dessert - a choice of two items, depending
upon the chef’s mood! This new three-course Wednesday special is served from
12 noon till 11pm. Other daily specials include on Monday: Fillet steak
special 175 baht; Tuesday: Breast of poached chicken with white wine sauce 175
baht; Thursdays is kebab special night 175 baht; Friday is fish and chips 165
baht. All the specials are served with starter & dessert (except on
Thursday). Start from 12.00 noon until 11.00 p.m. As always Jameson’s serves
it’s all day and night carvery at the weekends, as much as you can eat for
350 baht. Cider on draft is back as well as bottled Newcastle Brown Ale.
Jameson’s Irish Pub, 80/164 Soi Sukrudee (Soi AR), Pattaya, Tel.
038-361-873-4, email [email protected]

Enjoy Benihana Sunday Brunch at Pattaya Marriott
Resort & Spa. Benihana is the perfect place for gathering family
members and friends for Sunday brunch in Pattaya. Have a really long and lazy
lunch with fantastic food and all the enjoyment of watching juggling joking
chefs at work cooking just for you at your Teppanyaki table with great jazz
songs performed by resident band. The price is just only 1,100++ baht per
person inclusive of soft drinks, cocktails and wines. Benihana restaurant is
located on the second floor of Royal Garden Plaza Pattaya, opens daily for
lunch from 12 noon - 2 p.m., dinner from 5-10 p.m. and Sunday brunch from 11
a.m. - 2 p.m. For more information and reservations, call 038 412 120 ext.
1395.

Café New Orleans, a culinary landmark for over 9
years on eclectic Pattayaland Soi 2, has expanded its Fiesta Filipinamenu
and added an AdditionalSpecial Menu including imported black
Angus tenderloin steak, succulent lamb tenderloin, scallops, assorted dinner
crepes and chocolate soufflé for dessert. You can order anything from its
famous rack of baby back ribs and imported steaks to special gourmet entrées,
side dishes and deserts. Chefs coming from some of the top restaurants in
Manila prepare delicious Filipino dishes to suit all tastes. For more
information or to make a reservation call 038 710 805, fax 038 710 784.

Mercure Hotel Pattaya presents P&P all
you can eat pasta and pizza at the Cappuccino Terrace every Wednesday night.
Soi 15, 2nd Road, South Pattaya:
For more details call 038 425 050.

The Queen Victoria Inn’s Sundays just get better
and better! Not only can you tuck into the Sunday Carvery, 3 courses for 320
baht, but you can also be entertained by The Copy Cats band live from 1 p.m. -
6 p.m. Come and have a great Sunday at the Queen Victoria Inn Soi 6, tel. 038
425 418.

For great tasting Thai food pop along to the Salt and
Pepper Restaurant next door to the Flamingo Hotel behind Tuk-Com City on
South Pattaya Road (opens Mondays to Saturday from 9 a.m. till 10 p.m.). You
will see a new exhibition by Pattaya Mail’s cartoonist M.J.B. which
you can buy (every baht goes to the Pattaya Orphanage), plus each person who
eats a meal and tells the management they have read about this restaurant in
the Pattaya Mail can pick up one cheeky cartoon postcard FREE of
charge.

Sunday at Tropical Bert’s - ‘Horses for courses’
is how the saying goes and you get 3 of them along with 3 choices! Home made
soup, your choice of beef, pork or ham along with all the bits and pieces,
home made desert, all for only 250 baht. During the week there is bubble and
squeak with roast beef on Monday, your choice of meat pie on Tues, midweek
roast on Wed, home baked ham on Thurs, cod and chips Fri and an all round
favourite on Sat, Bert’s cottage pie, all at great prices. Tropical Bert’s,
2nd Rd., Soi Yodsak/1, Opp Bangkok Bank, tel. 09 8072335.

Eat to the Beat at Starz Diner, Hard Rock HotelPattaya
continues to satisfy choosy diners with the freshest seafood cooked to your
liking, international specialities, Hard Rock Hotel Pattaya’s award-winning
dishes with free-flow of wines, beer and soft drinks. A whole spit-roasted pig
is available every Saturday in addition to the wide selection of sumptuous
dishes on the buffet. Eat to the Beat is available Sunday to Friday from 6:30
to 9 p.m. at 620++ baht per person and on Saturdays from 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. at
720++ baht per person.

The Kilkenny Irish Pub and Restaurant is situated in
the heart of Pattaya’s vibrant nightlife on Walking Street. Kilkenny’s new
menu features weekend roasts and new daily specials such as Monday curry
night. Kilkenny’s home made meat pies are proving very popular at just 79
baht as is Kilkenny’s pub breakfast, only 99 baht before 2 p.m. Kilkenny’s
Ocean View terrace is ideal for private functions or for a quiet drink and
meal. Home to Pattaya’s longest happy hours, Kilkenny’s has great cheap
drink specials every day. For locals, even better savings are available by
applying for Kilkenny’s privilege card. Contact via www.kilkennypubpattaya.com

Entertainment

Aisawan Resort & Spa, Pattaya
presents a "Wine Buffet" promotion. Enjoy a selection of 3 white
wines and 3 red wines from South Africa. Come and enjoy every day from 7-10
p.m. Drink a limitless amount for only 800 ++ baht per person including cheese
plate. This promotion is available now at Bay Leaf Restaurant, Aisawan Resort
& Spa. Tel. 038 411 940-8.

Events

BCCT Eastern Seaboard Dinner
(sponsored by SCI Double Impact) on Friday 18th May from 6.30 pm at
Hall of Fame Ballroom, Hard Rock Hotel, Pattaya: Guest Speaker: H.E. David
Fall, British Ambassador. The cost including full international buffet and
soft drinks is THB 750 per person including VAT (BCCT members), THB 1,000 per
person including VAT (non-BCCT members and non-member guests of BCCT members).
BCCT members please book on-line at the BCCT website - www.bccthai.com,
Non-BCCT members please email - [email protected].

The Pattaya Pillow Fight Championships in aid of the
Sawang Boriboon Foundation are taking place at The World of Sport
Restaurant in Naklua. This charity event will take place with two semi
finals on Monday 21st and Tuesday 22nd May with the grand final on Friday 25th
May. The contest is open to ladies only. Entry per person is 200b with all the
proceeds going towards this very worthy cause. The prize money at stake is
5,000 baht. So come along and join in the fun or simply cheer on your
favourite lady! Further details and entry forms please tel.
08-71410309 or 038-416670/1 or 08-92496138.

The Moon River Pub continues their
draft beer promotion. For every liter of draft beer ordered, receive one stamp
in your "Beer Card". Collect nine stamps and get one liter of beer
free. In front of the Thai Garden Resort, North Pattaya Road.

The Kilkenny privilege card has arrived for the
local punter. The cardholder will be entitled to Guinness & Kilkenny Pints
165b & local bottled beer 79b all day every day. Sign up by emailing
Stewart at Kilkenny’s website www. kilkennypubpattaya.com or drop into
Kilkenny’s on Walking Street.